PREMATING BEHAVIOR OF BOMBUS-CONFUSUS MALES AND ANALYSIS OF THEIR LABIAL GLAND SECRETION

Authors
HOVORKA O URBANOVA K VALTEROVA I
Citation
O. Hovorka et al., PREMATING BEHAVIOR OF BOMBUS-CONFUSUS MALES AND ANALYSIS OF THEIR LABIAL GLAND SECRETION, Journal of chemical ecology, 24(1), 1998, pp. 183-193
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology,Biology
Journal title
Journal of chemical ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00980331
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
183 - 193
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-0331(1998)24:1<183:PBOBMA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Premating behavior in the bumblebee Bombus confusus was studied. Visua l searching for females is not the only premating strategy of this spe cies, as was believed earlier. Males of B. confusus have a normally de veloped labial gland and its secretion is used to mark a perch from wh ich they visually search for females. The labial gland secretion conta ins geranylcitronellol and (Z)-9-octadecenyl acetate as the main compo nents.